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Jesus really? That's your argument? .7 ounces more weight and you're making it to sound like it's the additional weight of a car. I am no longer going to feed your delusions. Pretty simple, don't like it, don't get it.
My parents are 66 and already lugging around a 6+.
I'll do everything I can to keep them from upgrading!
Remember the elderly.
Of course it's a bad thing that the weight of the 6S Plus is 20 (!) grams heavier than the previous version.
We're talking about a 194 grams heavy little bastard.
My Desire Z from years ago was 180 grams and that was already an uncomfortably heavy phone.
The weight of the 6S is acceptable though, with 143 grams.
Luckily I HATE having humongous phones in my pocket and having to use it one handed, so the weight of the 6S Plus won't be bothering me
My '80s era portable phone was no picnic, either.
We should know by now Apple is getting better and better on giving us new size/weight/feel improvement for "#" version release, and internal performance improvement for "s".
They have to leave some improvement to prepare for further release on order to ensure new iPhone will sell well.
We should see significant weight/thickness reduction in iPhone7, but likely with only CPU change on the performance improvement.
They have to leave some improvement to prepare for further release on order to ensure new iPhone will sell well.
We should see significant weight/thickness reduction in iPhone7, but likely with only CPU change on the performance improvement.
Guess I'll wait until 25th to tell whether 20 grams is a lot or not. I don't think it'll be that obvious since none of the hands-on videos I've seen mentioned "Oh this phone is absolutely heavier than last year's".
All you complainers, sheeeez! Less than a measly ounce. Now back in my day we had phones........
I remember my first mobile phone, bag phone, must have weighed like seven or eight pounds. Had a shoulder sling. Damn that was a phone. Five watts power, huge battery, and the handset, man it was a real handset with mouth and earpiece cord going back to the phone in the bag. Thing was so powerful, carriers stopped allowing it to be used when the little flip phones came out. Would overwhelm the cell tower, block others from getting on. And all the calls were important, had to be at 20 cents per minute. None of this on the phone constantly sh** like today. And data? That was something those IBM mainframes used, not my bag phone. LOL
Today's SAT phone are smaller, yep those were the heady days of being the man if you had a bag phone.
I remember my first mobile phone, bag phone, must have weighed like seven or eight pounds. Had a shoulder sling. Damn that was a phone. Five watts power, huge battery, and the handset, man it was a real handset with mouth and earpiece cord going back to the phone in the bag. Thing was so powerful, carriers stopped allowing it to be used when the little flip phones came out. Would overwhelm the cell tower, block others from getting on. And all the calls were important, had to be at 20 cents per minute. None of this on the phone constantly sh** like today. And data? That was something those IBM mainframes used, not my bag phone. LOL
Today's SAT phone are smaller, yep those were the heady days of being the man if you had a bag phone.
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Just tape three quarters to your current phone and see if you still can lift it.
...Why are you not comparing a 5S to a 6S? Oh, I think I know why - it's not as dramatic!
5S - 112 grams
6S - 143 grams
A whopping 31 grams more. 1 ounce more. 6.5 Sugar cubes to give you perspective.
Now, 6S to 6S Plus
6 Plus - 172 grams
6S Plus - 192 grams
Another whopping 20 grams more. .7 ounces more. 5 Sugar cubes
All that weight -
Admittedly anecdotal @sunking101 , but it'll serve my point just as well:
What if I gave you a feather and then gave you another feather that was 12% heavier?
What if I gave you a ton of bricks to pull on a sled (2,000lbs/907kg) and then gave you another 240lbs (109kg)?
You wouldn't know the difference in either case, regardless of the 12%, b/c the actual accrued difference is so negligible.
You can argue all day long, and you appear to be doing so, that this is a big deal to you b/c 12% is so huge or it makes your clothes sag, but that doesn't make it an actual big deal.
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I wonder how many people can manage to lift a 20 ounce bottle of water after lifting 16.9 ounce bottles for so many years? Surely the 20% increase in weight is way too much for a mortal human to lift.
Lots of guys missing the point here, or purposely choosing to avoid the point.
The fact it, the 6+ is a big and heavy phone. It has large yesteryear bezels and we only need to look at the latest Samsung Note 5 to see how dated the form factor of the 6+ is:
Samsung Note 5 - bigger screen, not as tall, not as wide and only weighing 171 grams.
Yet now Apple are bringing out the 6S+ with the same dated form factor and a weight increase of 12%. Still the apologists mention sugar cubes and there's the odd call to 'go buy an Android'.
The fact it, the 6+ is a big and heavy phone. It has large yesteryear bezels and we only need to look at the latest Samsung Note 5 to see how dated the form factor of the 6+ is:
Samsung Note 5 - bigger screen, not as tall, not as wide and only weighing 171 grams.
Yet now Apple are bringing out the 6S+ with the same dated form factor and a weight increase of 12%. Still the apologists mention sugar cubes and there's the odd call to 'go buy an Android'.
Interesting thread !! this thread proves how we humans tend to make a mountain out of s molehill !!
Making a phone that already needs to *lose* some girth 12% heavier seems nuts to me
We've noticed. There's been at least a 12% increase in the number of posts about iPhone weight on these forums...which is huge....
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And there we go. The coat opens. "Hey, you don't want that. I got something here you really want."
Apples to Oranges yet again.
3D Touch on the iPhone 6S Plus. No 3D Touch on the Note 5. Means more weight. Different haptic engine as well. Don't get me started on the bezel. Both have bezels. Not sure what you're wanting there. I think you're just looking to complain about anything and everything.
OMG! iphone's doing the same thing most American's are doing: GETTING FAT!
hahaha!
hahaha!
This is an interesting observation. I used to have the original iPad, and I thought it was light enough. Now after holding the iPad Air 2, I thought the iPad Air 1 is "heavy." LOL.
My baseline for iPhone is the iPhone 5, which I thought was ridiculously light. I actually wished it had a bit more weight to it.
My baseline for iPhone is the iPhone 5, which I thought was ridiculously light. I actually wished it had a bit more weight to it.
3D Touch has yet to be shown that it has any worth. As for weight, the Note 5 has a larger screen and yet it's smaller & lighter. Plus it looks better due to the sleek modern design.
I know that the S models keep the same form factor but making it 12% heavier is a joke. The 6+ is already an obese phone so perhaps Apple should have held 3D Touch over for the iPhone 7. More RAM and a better camera would have done this time.
The weight is from the advanced screen that adenoids will pooh pooh and say 3D Touch is like long press yadda yadda yadda.
And the other manufacturers will break their necks over the next year trying to duplicate. Don't want the extra ounce, keep or get the 6 or 6+. There, problem solved. Calling this a mole hill issue is giving it way too much stature.
Actually, it's the 3D touch that makes it heavier. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/12/9315471/iphone-6s-new-aluminum-doesnt-make-phone-heavier
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